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446202

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Metals: Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the level of security of supply of rare earth metals required by industry.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	23377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text There has been no recent assessment for the UK. However, the EU critical raw material list is reviewed every 3 years and the most recent review of that list, which currently includes rare earth elements, took place in May 2014. The UK uses this list to help in its assessment of which materials are of particular significance to UK manufacturing. answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 27/01/2016 17:57:13 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

390167

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Productivity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of zombie companies on national productivity; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	7261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>Zombie companies are companies that are allowed by banks to delay repayment of a loan so that they effectively only pay the interest due rather than the full loan amount. Bank of England analysis of this ‘loan forbearance’ suggests that only a relatively small proportion of small businesses are in receipt of any form of forbearance (around 6% of SME borrowers in 2013). The Bank concludes that forbearance by banks on loans to small businesses would therefore appear to account for only a small proportion of the weakness in aggregate UK productivity. The Bank’s analysis was published in the Bank’s quarterly bulletin which can be found on the Bank of England’s website.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/07/2015 10:57:14 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

381816

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Aerospace Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of foreign ownership of UK-based companies on productivity in the aerospace sector; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	2835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>Whilst no assessment has been made of the impact of foreign ownership in the aerospace sector on productivity, ONS labour productivity statistics from Q4 2014 show that productivity in the transport equipment sector, which includes aerospace, has been strong relative to the rest of the economy both before and after the financial crisis[1]. Since 2008, output per hour in the sector has grown at a rate of 5% per year. This was the highest rate of growth of any sector in the economy.</p><p> </p><br /><p>[1] ONS (2015) Labour Productivity, Q4 2014</p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/productivity/labour-productivity/q4-2014/stbq414.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/productivity/labour-productivity/q4-2014/stbq414.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 22/06/2015 16:46:55 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

169732

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Gripen Aircraft: Export Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many export licences his Department has issued for the supply of military equipment for incorporation into the Grippen NG.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	218375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2014 answer text <p>We have granted 401 licences over the last fifteen years, where there was a reference to the Gripen NG in the goods descriptions, or the end-use was stated on the licence application as being explicitly for the Gripen NG.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 19/12/2014 16:07:59 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

390168

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Productivity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of employee ownership on national productivity; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	7262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>We are not aware of any studies into the link between employee ownership and national productivity. Research published in 2014 by the Employee Ownership Association showed that businesses with employee ownership (where employees have both a meaningful financial stake and a say in how the business is run) had a year-on-year increase in productivity of 4.5%.</p><p> </p><p>The Government worked closely with experts, including from the Employee Ownership Association, in delivering the 2012 Nuttall Recommendations to reduce barriers to increasing the number of employee ownership businesses. This work was completed in 2014.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 21/07/2015 14:32:07 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

166925

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Dairy Products: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department gives to dairy exporters who wish to enter the Chinese market; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	216498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>UK dairy exporters who wish to enter the Chinese market have full access to the range of services offered by UK Trade and Investment, the Government department that helps UK based companies succeed globally. These services include advice from experts, help with introductions to key contacts in China and support for market visits and exhibitions.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/12/2014 16:35:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

426992

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Royal Hospital Haslar: Regeneration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has attracted in investment to regenerate the site of the Royal Hospital Haslar; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	15451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>UK Trade and Investment’s (UKTI) Regeneration Investment Organisation is promoting the Royal Haslar Hospital site for international investment. To date, no investment has been attracted into the site by UKTI.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 19/11/2015 15:31:24 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

91683

registered interest
date	12/09/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Agriculture: Catapult Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to establish an agricultural technology catapult centre.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	209248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>This Department is investing £90 million to establish a small number of Centres for Agricultural Innovation. These Centres have similar overarching objectives to Catapult Centres and will drive increased translation of research and levels of innovation in agriculture and its supply chains, whilst both improving UK competitiveness and leadership in the Agri-Tech sector, and encouraging greater inward investment.</p><p> </p><p>Innovate UK is responsible for the establishment of new Catapult Centres, and is guided by specific criteria when considering new sectors and challenges. Whilst the current funding arrangements mean we cannot establish these existing Centres as a Catapult Centre, we will continue to explore the potential future Centres for Agricultural Innovation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 13/10/2014 13:52:48 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

421375

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent progress has been made on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	11978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>There continues to be good progress on the free trade agreement currently being negotiated between the EU and US, also known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), in particular on the technical work which would underpin the final deal.The next negotiating round is taking place 19-23 October in the US.</p><br /><p>A trade and investment agreement between the EU and US offers an enormous economic benefit in jobs, investment and lower prices, worth potentially £10 billion a year to the UK Our ambition remains to reach political agreement during the Obama administration and this goal has been given renewed impetus by the completion of the Trans Pacific Partnership.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 19/10/2015 15:53:02 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

434222

registered interest
date	04/12/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Agriculture: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) location and (b) budget is for each agri-tech centre in each year from 2016-17 to 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	18786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The planned budgets (2016/17 to 2020/21) and locations of the four Centres for Agricultural Innovation are:</p><p><strong>Centre for Crop Health and Protection (CHAP)</strong> - headquarters in York at the National AgriFood Innovation Campus in Sand Hutton</p><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td><p><strong>16/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20/21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td><td><p>4.4</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><strong>Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock (CIEL)</strong> - headquarters in York at the National AgriFood Innovation Campus in Sand Hutton</p><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td><p><strong>16/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20/21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td><td><p>6.0</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><strong>Agricultural Engineering Precision Innovation Centre (Agri-EPI)</strong> - hubs in Edinburgh, Harper Adams University (Shropshire) and Cranfield University (Bedfordshire)</p><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td><p><strong>16/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20/21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><strong>Centre for Agricultural Informatics (Agrimetrics)</strong> - headquarters in Harpenden (Hertfordshire) at Rothamsted Research</p><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td><p><strong>16/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20/21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/12/2015 11:28:08 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching